Charles gorton



Y CGORTON.

, AGRICULTURAL BOILER.

15,550,169 Y Patented Nov. 19, 1895.l

UNITED STATES'V PATENT OFFICE.' e

CHARLES GORTON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

Ac Rico LTU RAL BolLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,169, dated November 19, 1895. Application led May 29, 1893. Serial No. 475,955. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GoRToN, of New York, in the county and State'of ANew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Boilers; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specifcation.

This invention relates to certain improvements in feed-cookers or agricultural boilers.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combination of parts more fully described hereinafter, and.

particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing the heater lplaced in a barrel. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the heater.

In the drawings, the reference-letter d indicates a barrel, cask, or tank, or any other suitable receptacle to contain water, preferably7 open at'the top. The heater is placed in the barrel, so as to rest on the bottom thereof, and extended above the water therein. rlhe heater can be made of and preferably is composed of sheet-metal, the furnace fire-pot or combustionechamber h thereof being preferably cylindrical in form and arranged to rest on the bottom'of the barrel and extend out through the open top thereof above the barrel.

The bottom h of the fire-pot is located a distance above the lower edges of the sides thereof. By having the bottom h thus elevated a water-space is formed between the bottom of the fire-pot and the bottom of the barrel or other vessel. The depending sides of the heater are provided with the lateral openings t' beneath the bottom h, so that the water in the tank or barrel has free access and can circulate freely beneath the bottom 7l of the fire-pot, thereby utilizing the heat radiated through said bottom.

A concentric circular partition c, constituting a fuel magazine or feeder, depends from the top d of the heater down into the same to a point above the bottom thereof, leaving the Vannular space around the magazine within the heater or fire-box. The top of the said annular space is closed by the cover cl, securely fastened to the upper edge of the heater and to said magazine. The top of the magazine 4is closed bya suitable door e, provided with and the fire is kindled in the heater the draft is down through the damper g and through the magazine and then up through the annular space around said magazine and out through the uptake f, a downdraft-heater being thus provided. The draft can be controlled to a nicety by the damper g. The fire in the heater thoroughly heats the water in the tank or barrel to the desired temperature and cooks or heats the vegetables or other material located therein as the heat is forced out against the inner surface of the wall of the heater in passing up around the magazine.

In order to insure a perfect draft to the fire, even when the magazine is clogged with the fuel, I provide a pipe m, at its upper end opening into the upper portion of the magazine beneath the damper and extending down through the space within the heater and around the magazine with its lower opened end just above the fire and in about the same plane with the open end of the magazine, and passing into the magazine, thus has a free and uninterrupted passage to the fire when the magazine is filled or clogged with fuel, so that a plenteous supply of air is"provided to maintain perfect combustion.

In order to prevent the material in the barrel coming in contact with the sidesY of the heater, and also in order to promote perfect circulation in the heater, an annular partition or cylinder j is located in the barrel and a distance from and around the outer wall of the heater to leave the annular water-space around the heater. rThis partition j preferably does not extend above the water-line in the tank. The lower part of said circular partition j is provided with suitable transverse openings Z,preferably formed by notches in the lower edge of the partition resting on IOO j, thereby inaintaing a perfect eirenlation in the barrel and equally heating all the water therein. inder j keeps the Vegetables or feed, or what over material there maybe in the water7 out of eontaet with the hot surface of the heater, thereby preventing the materialbein g burned by engaging the hot surface oi' the heater.

I'Iaving thus fully described my invention7 It should also be noted that this eylmy own I alix my signature in presence o.

what I claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The submerged heater consisting of the lire pot arranged to extend above the water in the heater, the eoneentrie magazine depending in said fire pot from the top thereof forming the spaee around said magazine closed at the top, means for elosin g the top of the magazine eonstrneted to admit air into the same7 and the air pipe at its upper end opening into the upper portion of the magazine and extending down between said magazine and the wall o. the lire pot, substantially as described.

In testimony that I elailn the foregoing as two witnesses.

CHARLES GOPKION. \V i tn esses:

.TAnns D. FnssENinnN, .I osErH P. GAsEY. 

